Daniel Taddei
Phone: (561) 401-0543
362 Gulf Breeze Pkwy # 149 Gulf Breeze, FL 32561
Please use my mobile email for first correspondence
CAREER OBJECTIVE:
To secure a long-term position relative to power or sail as well as to enhance my educational knowledge leading to an unlimited Master Ocean License.
SUMMARY OF QUALIFICATIONS:
•Extensive, full-time career onboard power and sailing vessels, as Captain, since 1994. Expertise in piloting, navigation, sailing, towing and maintenance of passenger/cargo vessels.
•Seaman with outstanding navigational and yacht handling skills. ASA instructor, basic keelboat, coastal navigation and coastal cruising
•Airplane Pilot: Commercial Multi-engine Instrument; Certified Flight Instructor (2,500 hours)
•Team leader, motivator with excellent analytical, interpersonal, organizational and communication skills
LICENSE:
U.S. Coast Guard 100-ton Master License (4th issue) with sailing and towing endorsements
STCW 95 certified - compliant with 1600 ton license though MSC
Riggers Card
Gulf Safety Card
Vessel Security Officer
TWIC
Radio License
ASA Sailing Instructor License; basic keel boat, navigation and coastal cruising
FAA Commercial Pilot, Certified Flight Instructor, Advanced Ground Instructor since 1988
PADI Scuba Certification
PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE:
Abdon Callias Offshore, LLC, Galliano, LA
10/08 to 8/09
Captain 185’ OSV
Servicing the Gulf of Mexico
International Offshore Services, Larosse, LA
5/08 to 10/08
Captain 110’ Utility
Servicing the Gulf of Mexico
REC Marine Logistics, Cut Off, LA
2/08 – 5/08
Captain, 1200hp Tug Boat
Pushing barges inland and offshore
Independent Contractor, Southeastern US/Southern California
6/95 to
Delivery Captain/Sailing Instruction/Navigation Instruction, 30’–96’ Yachts
Direct duties: vessel surveying, crew placement, piloting, navigation, maintenance and provisioning Areas Atlantic, Pacific, Caribbean, Gulf of Mexico, Inter Coastal Waterways, North, South and Central America.
Harbor Island Yacht Club, San Diego, CA
6/97 – 9/03 and 6/07 to 12/07
Charter Captain, sailing instructor; various yachts
Harbor Sailboats, San Diego, CA
6/97 – 9/03 and 6/07 to 12/07
Charter Captain, sailing instructor; various yachts
Seaforth Boat Rentals, San Diego, CA
6/97 – 9/03 and 6/07 to 12/07
Charter Captain, sailing instructor; various yachts
Los Angeles Maritime Institute, Long Beach, CA
6/98 – 9/02
Captain, Swift of Ipswitch ’70 Topsail Schooner
Freelance Flight Instructor
McClellan-Palomar Airport, Carlsbad, CA
6/97 – 9/03
Flight instructor in general aviation aircraft
Sea Tow Miami, North Bay Village, FL
11/94 – 6/97
Vessel towing and salvage
Freelance Flight Instructor,
Hollywood Airport, Hollywood, FL
8/94 – 6/97
Flight instructor in general aviation aircraft
Delivery/Charter, Marina del Rey, CA to Miami, FL via Panama Canal
11/93 – 7/94
Captain; sailboat, Meshack - Hudson 65
Los Angeles Sky Safari Flight School
Van Nuys, CA
2/91-11/93
Owner/Operator
15-airplane flight school with maintenance, tie-downs and pilot supplies
EDUCATIONAL TRAINING:
•ASA Sailing Instructor: Basic keelboat, Coastal Navigation, Coastal Cruising
•Flight Instruction required for Commercial Pilot: Airplane Single & Multiengine Land; Instrument, Certified Flight Instructor
•STCW 95 through MSC (San Diego Naval Base) November 2, 2007
•AA Degree Santa Monica College, Santa Monica, CA
